Fiction Posts
The Recommend: February 2014 #2
This week Ali Bryan (Roost), Steven Galloway (The Cellist of Sarajevo), Eliza Robertson ("My Sister Sang"), Jowita Bydlowska (Drunk Mom), and Cathy Marie …
The Concept of a Photon: An Excerpt From Boundary Problems by Greg Bechtel
An excerpt from Boundary Problems, Greg Bechtel's debut short story collection.
CBC's Women Writers to Watch List (2014)
The Recommend: February 2014 #1
We all know that most of the books we read are the result of one thing: someone we know, trust, and/or admire tells us it's great. That's why we're starting …
Top Shelf: Ep. 7: The Year in Awards
Literary awards are not everything, and they are almost always contentious, but all the same, they add a swirl of energy to the year in books. Here's …
Historical Fiction (list by Rosella Leslie)
Holiday Gift Picks From Some of Canada's Hottest Writers: Part 2
Earlier this week we featured the picks of Lisa Moore, Todd Babiak, Steven Heighton, Stacey May Fowles, Cynthia Flood, Amber Dawn, Nicole Lundrigan, and …
Disability in Fiction
BitLit's Books for Christmas
Top Shelf Ep. 6: Books and Characters That Explain Us to Ourselves
This Top Shelf is about books exploring identity via compelling characters. Their stories are so good we may forget the questions at their heart, but …